Wooden Stockade for all Occasions

[ushistoryprof]

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From humble beginings a quick stockade takes shape. The idea was to make a "quick" built looking post that was usable for many time periods and adventures.
How I built it from start to finish can be found at theses sites:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-only-stockade-will-do-wip.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stockade-wip-ii.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stockade-weapon-positions-and-watch.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stocade-is-only-as-strong-as-its-maine.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/main-gate-yes-sally-port-of-course-wip.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stockade-wip.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/stockade-watch-tower-wip.html

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A pirate captain watches the main gate with one of her cannon.
more of her and her crew in the stocade are here:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/les-femmes-pirate-stockade.html

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Fort overview without the watch tower-it is movable

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Rebels use the tower for signaling. More of the Rebels using the fort are here:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/rebels-on-watch.html

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Even in a 1920's Pulp fight between British and Russians wooden stocades still give protection.
The battle report is at these sites:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/db-adventure-3-rescue-commisar.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/db-adventure-3.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/db-adventure-3-rescue-victory.html

I got the idea for this type of fort fron a similar piece in a post by Silent Invader:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16100.0I

Thanks for looking, HProf
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[magokiron]

Really interesting.

Seems like a very versatile piece of gaming terrain.

I immediately imagined a redskins raid vs a USA cavalry fort, or a Pict army attacking Conan frontier outpast.

Thanks for sharing.

[sgarris]

I am truly appalled.     The very idea of you going out into your backyard and picking up sticks to cut, trim, mold and shape into such a fun and versatile piece of terrain is an affront to all gamers around the world.     Especially with your knowledge of the fact, that you can spend $20 to $30 PER section of fine resin casts that require painting and mould trimming.     Do you realize how upsetting this could be to our hobby?  People will have to take that money and buy, forbid…MORE figures.   
It looks very nice, I like it.  Have you hinged the doors to open and close?  Great job.  Keep up the originality. 
 

[ushistoryprof]

I am truly appalled.     The very idea of you going out into your backyard and picking up sticks to cut, trim, mold and shape into such a fun and versatile piece of terrain is an affront to all gamers around the world.     Especially with your knowledge of the fact, that you can spend $20 to $30 PER section of fine resin casts that require painting and mould trimming.     Do you realize how upsetting this could be to our hobby?  People will have to take that money and buy, forbid…MORE figures.   
It looks very nice, I like it.  Have you hinged the doors to open and close?  Great job.  Keep up the originality. 
 

Thanks, I had forgotten how much this could hurt the Hobby-I will have to immediatly spend some of the money saved on more lead to man the walls-besides we can always use more lead ! And yes both gates do have wire hinges to open and close.
Thanks again,
HProf

[Mitch K]

Professor, this is stunning. I can see myself having to really struggle to resist the temptation to build one, even though I have no use whatsoever for a wooden stockade at this time!

What I think is ironic is the colour range of the all-natural wooden sections you used - had you painted them in those exact same shades, people would be all over you telling you how it was totally un-natural

[FramFramson]

That's probably because the redder sticks would not really mirror the texture or colour of a full trunk (except for some more exotic trees). The grey sticks work perfectly though.

[Flynn]

That's a great idea!  Very tempting to use that technique.  What materiel did you use for the soil, particularly the soil in the corner redoubts?

[Mitch K]

That's probably because the redder sticks would not really mirror the texture or colour of a full trunk (except for some more exotic trees). The grey sticks work perfectly though.

A-yup!

[Cherno]

This looks like it could also be a fun and constructive product to do with kids at a elementary school.

[FramFramson]

Oh! One trick I've used when using real twigs as logs is to give a slight yellow ochre wash to the cut ends. Twig flesh is whiter than trunk flesh.

[ushistoryprof]

That's a great idea!  Very tempting to use that technique.  What materiel did you use for the soil, particularly the soil in the corner redoubts?

Thanks, the soil is a thin and uneven layer of wall plaster, after the plaster drys, I glue sand on about 90% of the plaster.  I then paint everything a watered down dark brown and progressively dry brush three lighter shades of color ending in pale white in selected areas. Certain areas are given grass-I was going for a look of trampled sod with some areas barren of grass and others with more green surviving the stomping, clod footed soldiers.  The redouts were done the same way only I cut foam to fit each and raise the firing platform level first.
HProf
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